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*/
package com.bigdata.rdf.spo;

/**
 * Factory for the single element <code>byte[]</code> used for the value of an
 * RDF Statement in one of the statement indices.
 * 
 * @author <a href="mailto:thompsonbry@users.sourceforge.net">Bryan Thompson</a>
 */
public class RDFValueFactory {

    private final static byte[][] table = createStaticByteArrayTable();

    private static byte[][] createStaticByteArrayTable() {
        final byte[][] table = new byte[256][];

        for (int i = 0; i < 256; i++) {

            table[i] = new byte[] { (byte) i };

        }

        return table;

    }

    /**
     * Return the B+Tree value for an RDF Statement given its byte value.
     * 
     * @param i
     *            The byte value of the Statement.
     *            
     * @return A byte[] whose sole element is that byte value.
     */
    static public byte[] getValue(final byte i) {

        return table[i];

    }
    
}
